Cuff-holder



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C. MADISON ALEXANDER, OF BRIGHTW'OOD, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CUFE-HOLDER.

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,091, dated March 11, 1884.

Application filed August 9, 1883. (No model.)

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Be it known thetl, O. MADISON ALEXAN- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brightwood, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Ianprovenients in OufHolders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accoinpanying drewings.

The object of this invention is to provide an appliance to be ettach ed to e cuff, so that when said cnff is plaoed in the sleeve of e cost it will not only distend the sleeve, but reinain Wherever placed, showing just so much of the cuff as may please the Wearer, and also to keep the end' ewey from the wrist of the wearer, so that it will hold its sterch for a greater length of time, and will not be liable to becoine so readily soiled as heretofore. I eccomplish this by means of n spring, Which is secured to the euif eitherl upon its inside or outside, its two ends not being connected together, but left free to accoinniodate the enff to the size of the sleeve in which it is to be pleced. v

In the aceompenying drowings, making a part of this specification, Fignre 1 represents e perspective view of e cnff with a flat spring secnred to its inner surface, and Figs. 2 end 3 are plan views of dilierently-constrncted springe detached from the cnff. i

In the figures, A represents a. cnff of any ordina-ry construction, preferably With en eye- 1et-hole at its center. B represents ai spring, preferably 'of metal, and plated or otherwise coated to prevent oxidation. This spring may be made either round or flat. lVhen made flat, small points dd may be punched or formed in it, so that it will keep its place against the nd and be prevented from slipping. The

ends of the spring' are bent out-Ward, if 'the i spring is to be secured on the inside of thecuff,

be secured e swiveled button having en oblong,` head, which may be passed through a buttonhele fornied in the ouff, and then turned at right angles thereto, so as to securely tasten it to thesnme; orthis object may be nccomplished by means of e clip or projeetion, O', which may be pointed, so as to hold it in the coatsleeve, in addition. I

The Operation of my device Will be evident, end is as foliows: Being secured to the cnff, as shown, the cuff is bent as shown in Fig. 1, passed over the hand and wrist, ond then allowed to spring so as to spread out in the sleeve, when it will become secnrely fastened in any desired position.

Heving th ns described my invent-ion, What I ola-ini, and desire to secnre by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. An npplience to be attached to e enff,V

consisting of a. spring adepted to be secnred to it,. so es to distend the some, and provided with means for holding it in o Coat-sleeve, all substantially as specified.

2. An applience odapted to be attached to a cufficonsisting of n spring heving its ends bent, as described, to embrace the edges of the cuff, ond provided with points at suitable intervols to hold it to the cnff, substantielly as set forth. i

3. An npplience adapted to be attached to way between the two ends of the spring may at cnff, consisting of e spring heving the ends bent end pointed, so as to hold the cuff within the sleeve, snbstantially as spec'ified.

fi. An eppliance ndapted to be attached to o cuff, consisting of a spring having its ends bent, as described, and provided with e. button or project-ion midwey between its ends, Snbstentially as specified.

In testimony` whereofI affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

G. M. ALEXANDER.

Titn esses:

J J. MCGARTHY, H.. J. ENNIs. 

